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TUNICA MEDIA

Specialty Definition: TUNICA MEDIA

Domain	Definition
Health	The middle coat of blood vessel walls, composed principally of thin, cylindrical, smooth muscle cells and elastic tissue. It accounts for the bulk of the wall of most arteries. The smooth muscle cells are arranged in circular layers around the vessel, and the thickness of the coat varies with the size of the vessel. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Photo Album: TUNICA MEDIA

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The elastic fibers of the tunica media are swollen, irregular and fragmented. A fibrous plaque is replacing the elastic fibers in one area; Elastic stain technique; magnification 450X. Credit: CDC.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Modern Translation: TUNICA MEDIA

Language		Translations for "TUNICA MEDIA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		tunica media. (various references)

Dutch		middelste laag van de vaatwand. (various references)

French		tunique moyenne, media, mésartère. (various references)

German		Tunica media vasorum, Media. (various references)

Italian		tunica media. (various references)

Pig Latin		unicatay ediamay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: TUNICA MEDIA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-i-i-m-n-t-u"
	-2 letters: acuminate, ctenidium.
	-3 letters: acetamid, acidemia, actiniae, actinide, actinium, aduncate, aecidium, animated, ctenidia, diamante, incudate, indicate, maenadic, maieutic, minutiae, mutinied, neumatic.
	-4 letters: actinia, aecidia, amentia, amidine, anaemic, animate, antacid, audient, caudate, decuman, diamine, dunitic, identic, incited, inedita, intimae, mandate, manteau, mediant, minuted, minutia, mutined, nematic, tamandu, tunicae, unacted, unaimed, unmated, untamed.
	-5 letters: acedia, acetin, acetum.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-e-i-i-m-n-t-u"
	+3 letters: unacclimatized.
	+4 letters: circumnavigated.
	+5 letters: circumstantiated, fundamentalistic, multihandicapped.
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INDEX

1. Images: Photo Album
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography

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